December 30, 2025:
- Minnesota Star Tribune visits all 10 centers from Shirley’s video – Finds children at 4 facilities, 6 either closed or didn’t answer
- KSTP finds all had active licenses except 2 permanently closed – Centers had 3-10 safety violations (no fraud documented in licensing records)
December 31, 2025:
- KSTP observes “steady stream of kids and parents” at Quality Learning Center – Child care centers report receiving harassing/threatening calls
December 29, 2025:
- HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill announces freeze on all federal child care payments to Minnesota – $185 million for 19,000 children
- ICE launches operations in Minneapolis-St. Paul – targets undocumented Somali immigrants
December 26, 2025:
- YouTuber Nick Shirley posts viral video claiming widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis — Video alleges centers empty, no children present
- Quickly amplified by Elon Musk, VP JD Vance, AG Pam Bondi — Reaches 100+ million views
December 23, 2025
- Second batch Epstein Files released: ~30,000 additional pages – Including mentions that mentions that Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least 8 times (1993-1996)
- DOJ statement claims “unfounded and false” allegations against Trump – Even though the documents include the direct rape allegation against Trump
December 19, 2025
- DOJ releases Epstein Files initial batch — “several hundred thousand documents, many of which are heavily redacted”
- DOJ violates law – Not releasing all Epstein files violates the law
December 18, 2025:
- FBI raids Ultimate Home Health Services LLC in Bloomington U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson announces $9 billion fraud estimate
December 16, 2025
- Naval blockade of Venezuela declared — Trump designated Venezuelan government a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”
December 2025 (Various Dates)
- DOGE quietly disbanded — Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ended 8 months early after claiming only $214B in savings vs. promised $2T; Musk called it “somewhat successful”
- Trump-Musk feud continues — Trump threatened to sic DOGE on Musk’s companies after Musk called for his impeachment and criticized tariffs
- Musk criticizes tariffs — said he tried to dissuade Trump from tariff policy but was unsuccessful
- Trump signed more executive orders than entire first term — 225 executive orders in 2025 alone
Cumulative 2025 Stats
- 622 overseas bombings since January 20 — per ACLED conflict monitor, using drones or aircraft
- 35+ boat strikes in Caribbean/Pacific — at least 115 Colombian, Trinidadian, and Venezuelan citizens killed since September